Israel, Jewish Denominations, Orthodoxy “…perhaps the biggest gap [between Orthodox and liberal streams] is in attitudes toward Israel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 December 2015 It is no secret that there is an increasing divide between the Orthodox and...
Israel, Zionism “Consistency, in short, was not the goal of the early Zionists. Creativity was.” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 December 2015 Consistency, in short, was not the goal of the early Zionists. Creativity was. And,...
Israel, Palestinians “Any psychologist will tell you that an addiction to victimhood is a roadmap to failure. Palestinian leaders are the drug dealers of victimhood” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 November 2015 Arab-Muslim culture tends to value honor and justice more than action and progress. Because...
Israel, Zionism “Israel inherited—and could not avoid—the radical disagreements that had always made Zionism so alive” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2015 Israel inherited—and could not avoid—the radical disagreements that had always made Zionism so alive....
Israel “Nobody knows how to stop the Temple Mount myth among Palestinians, but it isn’t too late for the West to send out a message of zero tolerance” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 October 2015 It is difficult to grasp the power that this spurious claim — that Al-Aqsa...
Israel, Jewish Denominations “…almost all Israeli Jews emerged from backgrounds that knew nothing of denominational Jewish differences or liberal approaches to the Jewish religion” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 September 2015 While Israel is a highly pluralistic society, with Jews coming from all parts of...
Israel, Jewish Community “On the issue of Israel, the Jewish community has become a toxic place” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 September 2015 On the issue of Israel, the Jewish community has become a toxic place. The...
Israel, Zionism “We pay so much attention to the physical threats to Israel, but what about the spiritual and moral threats to its existence?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 August 2015 As terrible as the atomic threat is – there is a greater threat. That...
Israel “The U.N. investigation is not going to make the world a better place” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 July 2015 The U.N. investigation is not going to make the world a better place. It...
Israel, Jews in America, Zionism “Many Israelis believe that while this rift between Israel and diaspora Jewry is unfortunate, it is also inevitable” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 July 2015 Many Israelis believe that while this rift between Israel and diaspora Jewry is unfortunate,...